Hickey Street, Iluka - Residential Subdivision Dept. Environment and Energy – Further Information Request Response – “Preliminary Documentation” ATTACHMENT 6 – Keystone Ecological Response Report Ocean Park Consulting Pty Limited Page 154 Ecological Response for Preliminary Documentation Lot 99 DP 823635 Hickey Street Iluka Clarence Valley LGA For: Stevens Holdings Pty Ltd REF: CVC 14-695 16th May 2018 Keystone Ecological Pty Ltd ABN 13 099 456 149 PO Box 5095 Empire Bay NSW 2257 Telephone 1300 651 021 Email [email protected] Ecological Response for Preliminary Documentation Lot 99 DP 823635 Hickey Street Iluka Clarence Valley LGA REF: CVC 14 - 695 16th May 2018 Authors: Elizabeth Ashby and Ashleigh McTackett This document may be cited as: Ashby, E. and McTackett, A. (2018) Ecological Response for Preliminary Documentation, Hickey Street, Iluka, Clarence Valley LGA. Unpublished report, Keystone Ecological Keystone Ecological Flora and Fauna Specialists Relatively intact vegetation to be Cover photograph: retained in bushland Park A. Mail: PO Box 5095 Empire Bay NSW 2257 Telephone: (02) 4368 1106 Photo: 14th October 2014, E. Ashby Email: [email protected] ABN: 13 099 456 149 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 2 SCOPE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 3 PROPOSAL - DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTION .............................................................................................. 4 3.1 Proposed Layout ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Proposed Actions ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 4 SURVEY AND RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................. 14 4.1 Survey for Relevant Matters ................................................................................................................................. 14 4.2 Survey Results - General ....................................................................................................................................... 31 4.3 Survey Results – Target Species ......................................................................................................................... 42 5 WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY AND ITS VALUES ................................................................................. 108 5.1 Iluka Nature Reserve and World Heritage ................................................................................................... 108 5.2 Relevant World Heritage Selection Criteria ................................................................................................. 111 5.3 Outstanding Universal Values .......................................................................................................................... 117 6 IMPACTS ON WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTY AND ITS VALUES .................................................. 141 6.1 Constituent OUV Species ................................................................................................................................... 141 6.2 Impact Assessment – First Factor ................................................................................................................... 149 6.3 Impact Assessment – Second Factor .............................................................................................................. 151 6.4 Impact Assessment – Third Factor ................................................................................................................. 152 6.5 Impact Assessment – Fourth Factor ............................................................................................................... 153 7 IMPACTS ON SUBJECT SPECIES ........................................................................................................................ 155 7.1 Koala .......................................................................................................................................................................... 155 7.2 Acronychia littoralis ............................................................................................................................................. 159 7.3 Spot-tailed Quoll ................................................................................................................................................... 161 7.4 Grey-headed Flying-fox ...................................................................................................................................... 163 8 AMELIORATION AND OFFSETTING OF IMPACT ................................................................................... 165 8.1 Koala .......................................................................................................................................................................... 165 8.2 Acronychia littoralis ............................................................................................................................................. 170 8.3 Spot-tailed Quoll ................................................................................................................................................... 173 8.4 Grey-headed Flying-fox ...................................................................................................................................... 175 8.5 Birds of OUV .......................................................................................................................................................... 179 8.6 Microbats of OUV................................................................................................................................................. 180 9 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................................... 184 TABLE OF CONTENTS FIGURES Figure 1: Masterplan of the proposed development. .......................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2: Staging of the proposed development. ................................................................................................................. 9 Figure 3: Vegetation zones and Asset Protection Zones. ................................................................................................ 10 Figure 4: Fauna survey. ........................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 5: Additional localities. ............................................................................................................................................... 22 Figure 6: Vegetation map. ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 Figure 7: Acronychia littoralis collection sites. ........................................................................................................................ 43 Figure 8: Acronychia littoralis at Sea Acres NR. .................................................................................................................... 44 Figure 9: Acronychia littoralis at Esk River . ........................................................................................................................... 44 Figure 10: Acronychia littoralis at Bluff Point. ........................................................................................................................ 45 Figure 11: Acronychia littoralis potential habitat .................................................................................................................... 47 Figure 12: Koala food trees. ................................................................................................................................................... 49 Figure 13: Koala potential habitat. ........................................................................................................................................ 54 Figure 14: Spot-tailed Quoll potential habitat .................................................................................................................... 58 Figure 15: Grey-headed Flying-fox camps within 20km. ................................................................................................. 64 Figure 16: Grey-headed Flying-fox potential habitat. ....................................................................................................... 65 Figure 17: White-eared Monarch potential habitat. ........................................................................................................... 69 Figure 18: Wonga Pigeon potential habitat. ........................................................................................................................ 73 Figure 19: Wompoo Fruit-dove potential habitat. ............................................................................................................